Most analysts have seemed to agree that Apple’s new Apple TV set, dubbed the iTV,” is going to launch in 2013, with Sharp providing the display panels. The world has already been remade by great technologies, and taken to the next level by inventions that have made the lives of many more convenient. But it’s never too late to revisit what we thought was the cool stuff at last year’s show! More and more automakers will be offering these as stand-alone options, allowing consumers to get them withou having to buy into an expensive navigation system for the vehicle. It’s no other than a new technology that is derived from a very old technology. Previous spy technology depicted in movies involved shoe phones, small two-way buttons to click and chat and satellite phones. And it’s everywhere in our culture-almost everybody has a television, a radio, a CD collection, a computer, and many other gadgets. What Samsung can control, thanks to its massive chip and screen divisions, is the technology that goes into the hardware.

A robotic dog named CHiP by WowWee, described as being able to learn tricks from its owner, is demonstrated at the opening event at the CES 2016 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, Jan. In an official announcement from Apple , there will be no shipment charges at all on all products purchased from their online store during this Christmas season. In the midst of the packed crowds and big-name press conferences, companies from across the world showed off some of the coolest technology that is about to be released. The iChef Oven has an innovative and powerful computer behind it’s technology and I believe it can be considered a milestone in its niche.

Examples of high-end gadgets include tablet PCs with rugged design for field work in harsh environments, electronic medical equipment, complex car systems with GPS, Bluetooth calls, voice commands and visual/audible traffic rerouting, as well as mobile entertainment devices like those Chinese sun glasses with built-in video playback functionality, which allows you to watch recorded shows or video clips while flying in a plane.

While Dyson’s other inventions have radically improved the performance over their competition, this fan doesn’t seem to offer a significant improvement over the tried and true versions which have been used since Dr. Schulyer Wheeler, an American engineer who at the age of 22 invented the two bladed electric fan in 1886.

Whether you’re a persnickity chef, want to make sure you’ve got a food source when the zombie apocalypse hits – after technology fails you’re on your own, though – or somewhere on the spectrum between, the Opcom Far Cube looks like it will help the blackest of thumbs grow vegetables.